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Compare players, 1976-77 season

At a glance

Wayne Thomas Gary Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerWayne Thomas: Save %, 0.890, 51st percentileWayne Thomas: Goals against, 3.52 a game, 23rd percentileWayne Thomas: Workload, 32.0 shots a game, 86th percentileWayne Thomas: Games, 33 games, 20th percentileGary Smith: Save %, 0.881, 31st percentileGary Smith: Goals against, 3.86 a game, 3rd percentileGary Smith: Workload, 32.5 shots a game, 91st percentileGary Smith: Games, 36 games, 31st percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 35 goalies who played at least a quarter as many games as the busiest. The gap between two players on a spoke is the real gap between their numbers. The dashed shape is the typical player. Hover over a dot for the number.

The numbers

Wayne Thomas G, NYR 1976-77 Gary Smith G, WIN
33 Games played 36
10 Wins 10
13 Losses 17
1 Shutouts 1
1,055 Shots against 1,171
939 Saves 1,032
116 Goals against 139
0.890 Save % 0.881
3.87 Goals against average 4.00

The better value in each stat is highlighted. Stats where more is not clearly better, such as games played, are not judged. Bars show each value against the larger of the two.